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Jefferson Lab in Newport News can, at times, feel like a United Nations meeting — scientists from Italy, Chile, Japan and dozens more countries frequent the nuclear physics research center. Pashupati Dhakal stands out among the international crowd. Part of a small but growing number of people from Nepal living in the United States, Dhakal’s story starts in a small village in the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains. His father, the village’s school principal, stressed academics. Because the village did not have electricity, Dhakal spent countless evenings reading with a kerosene lamp. He would often wake in the morning to find his face blackened with soot. High school...

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